more-inThe Kempegowda International Airport will become the first airport in the country to have a helicopter-taxi (heli-taxi) service for those who cannot afford to spend time battling traffic to travel across the city. Announced on Friday, the service, which will be operated by Thumby Aviation Private Limited, is expected to take off within three months. “We hope that Bengaluru will lead the way for other cities to adopt such services. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, a city similar in size to Bengaluru, there are 300 helicopters operating as heli-taxis. The travel time by road could take between 1.5 hours to 3 hours depending on traffic.

Source: The Hindu August 04, 2017 09:32 UTC